Folding automobile seat



March '30 1926. 1,578,676-

' I L. J, MORGAN.

-FOLDING AUTOMOBILE SEAT F'i d M h 27, 1924 F So3I a /6 A as '1NVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

LEWIS-I. MORGAN, OLE SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

' FOLDIN TO OBIL SEAT,

' Application f led a 27,1924, Serial No, 702,383.

T 0 all whom it may concern} Be it known that 1', Lew s J. Monenn, acitizen of the Un ted States, and a res dent of Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga Statof New Yq rkyhare .inf fe t d Certain ew and us julFolding to n bi Seat, of which thefollowing is aspecifica- 'tion. I

This invention relates to folding llto mobile seats of the typeset forthin iny pends pp r-No- 58.2,9Q c, led ugu 19,1922, and has for its objecta particu-. larly simple and efficient modification of the folding seatmechanism shownlin said. application, and

pp r to e as d e th s at, so h the'seat moves rectilinearly butinwardly, I I I I central vertical longitud nal plan-e 'of the body orat a. right angle to said transverse and forwardlyinto folded position,that. is,

the seat maintains itsparallelis n' with the central longitudinalvertical plane of the.

vehicle body when being shifted obliquely in wardly and forwardly tofolded posit'ion or obliquely outwardly and rearwardly tof'upa I I I Isupport for the chair or seat2ucon1pr ses' a right position. v I I I Italso has iorits object a simple andefficient cover or trim sheet forits'chair supporting means or i into upright position. Q

The invention consists in "the novel "features and in thecfornbinatio'nsand constructions hereinafter setforth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reterence'is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate -corre,sp onding parts inall the views. 1 I

Figure 1 is a side-elevation of this folding seat, the contiguousportion o f the floor of an automobile being shown and also the positionoi the seat when in its folded position being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the parts seen in Fig., 1, the positionolthetapering sine of the automobile body being shown. I

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary. sectional view on line 33, Fig. 2,

Figure 4c is a sectional view'on line Al -i, Fig. 3. 1 v I I Figure 5 isthe enlargedluvertical traginenta'ry sectional view throughthe lower endota leg and contiguous parts.

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particularly a simple and etficient'ineans for hing ng the legsfor seat.

legs when the chair is folded and also whenithe'cha r "1s unfolded inthebase 1 in 3 Figure 6 is a sectional view on line 6-45,

"This folding automobile. seat or chair comprises generally a seat body,a base, a

supportfstandard leg, or legs for carrying the seat body,'the support,standard leg,

or legs being connected. to the body and to the base, fllt be ng h ngedto'the base'on an inclined a zls orpivot extend ng at an 1nclined angleto a" transversev plane containing the legs; or support, when upright,and

arranged'at a right'ai-igle to the central veri I tical longitudinalplane to the vehicle body,

and such's'upport being comiected at its upper end to the seat body by ajointhaving universal action or swiveling action about;

a vertical axis and a hinging-action about a llQllZOlltllELXlS extendingparallel tosald plane.

includes a body or seat Qanda folding back 3, which ishin ged at a by astop oint. The

at substantially vertical plane oftlie veliicle body designated a intlrefloor 7 of the vehicle.

The legs 5 are hinged by'pins 8 to the f base6, the pinsobeingarrangedat an in clined angle to. said transverse planeand I to thecentral longitudinalplane A of th I .aare "also provided n'ged toengagetl'i-e' shoulders 10, provi led: on plates l 'l locateduiitapositionto the lower vehicle body. he legs with suitable stops?) ar"A in Fig. 2. Gastl e base which is locatet en s o h l gs Th lees- 5 arnv ne a the r Upper end o th 'Se IZ b15413. io n having a sWive'lling'action abouta vertical axis and a hinging action about horizontal iparall l- 0 the c n ral vertical'plane A th ehicle 1 l .41.

A h re hew ea h le isli med' it all up igh spin le. l2 ti urn ee an whch s iq u'n lled he e kneels- 3, is head o .knuckle 'l bei e' arrange ina su table recess 14 in he. t-Q11 PQ iQ Of th at 2 an hav ng hin Pi lset u nions 15, 16 on thefront'and rear sides there,

their upper ends to the seat body 2, the

seat will fold forwardly and inwardly toward the central longitudinalvertical plane of the vehicle body and. at the same time. the seat willmove rectilinearly or the seat body will maintain its parallelism withthe central longitudinal plane. Thus, the seat will move forwardly andinwardly rectilincarly and, follow the incline or curve of the side wallof the vehicle body.

21 is a trim or cover sheet for the base 6 when the seat is' folded andfor the rear sides of the legs 5 when the seat is unfolded or upright,this trim sheet being hinged or flexibly secured at 22 at'its lower edgeto the base 6 and slidably engaged at 23 to the rear sides of the legsnear the seat 'Thus, the sheet 21 moves from horizontal to uprightposition and vice versa with and by the legs 5.

Also, a second trim sheet Elis carried by the seat 2 on the undersidethereof and laps the upper margin of the sheet 21. When the seat isfolded, as shown in dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 2, these sheets 21 and 2particularly-the sheet QLfOllll-S a cover for the base and when the seatis in its upright position forms a cover or a trim for the rear sides ofthe legs.

.VVhat I claim is:

1. In a folding automobile seat, the com binationof aseat body,supporting means for the body arranged when/upright in a transverseplane extending at approximately a right angle to the centrallongitudinal plane of the vehicle body, said means being hinged at itslower end on an axis extending at an inclined angle to such centrallongitudinal plane of the vehicle body, and being connected at its upperend to the seat body by a combined swiveling and hinge joint,

comprising a part hinged to the seat body on an axis extending at anangle to said transverse plane, and a part swivelled in the former part.I I

2. In a folding automobile seat, a seat body, a pair of legs arranged ina transverse, plane, located at substantially a right; angle to thecentral vertical longitudinal plane of the vehicle body, the legs whenupright being hinged'at their lower ends on axes arranged at an inclinedangle to such transverse plane, and each being connected at its pp and othe eat bo y y a j nt luri g bination of a seat body,

. basc, in the rear of a swivelling action, and a hinging action about ahorizontal axis at substantially a right angle to the transverse planein which the legs are located, each of said joints comprising a parthinged to the seat body on a horizontal axis arranged at an angle'tothetransverse plane'in which the legs are located and parts at the upperend of the legs journalled in the former parts.

3. In a folding automobile seat, a seat body, legs arranged, whenupright, in a transverse plane, located at a right angle to the centralvertical longitudinal plane of the Vehicle body, and being hinged at thelower ends on axes extending at an inclined angle to such transverseplane, a swivel'joint at the upper end of each leg,

said joint being pivoted to the seat body on a horizontal axis extendingsubstantia ly parallel to the. central longitudinal vertical plane ofthe vehicle body, and at a right angle to the transverse plane in whichsaid legs are located.

4. In a folding automobile seat, a seat body,,legs arranged whenupright, in a transverse plane located at a right angle to the centralvertical longitudinal plane of the vehicle body, and being hinged attheir lower. ends on axes extending at an inclined angle to suchtransverse plane, each leg being provided with an upright spindle at itsupper end, and a head mounted on the spindle and hinged to the seat bodyon a horizontal axis extending forwardly and 'rearwardly' of the seatbody, the spindle being journalled in the head. I v

' 5. In a folding automobile seat, a seat body, legs arranged whenupright, in a transverse plane located at a right angle to the centralvertical longitudinal plane of the vehicle body, and being hinged attheir lower ends on axes extending at an inclined angle to suchtransverse plane, the legs being formed with upright spindles at, theirupper ends, a head swivelled on each spindle, the spindlebeingjournalled in the head and horizontally, forwardly and rearwardlyxtending hinge pins connecting each head and the seat body;

6.,In a folding automobile seat, the coma base,a pair of legs supportingthe seat'body, and at their upper ends to the seat body whereby the seatfolds downwardly from upright to folded position, a trimsheet hingedtothe said legs and slidably engaging the legs and a second trimsheetcarried by the seat body upper margin of the first trim sheet,

7. In a folding'automohile seat, the combination of a base, a seat body,legs hinged lug-transversely of the automobile body, at

r g t a g e to the v n ral lo git dinal and lapping the vertical planeof the automobile body and being connected at their upper ends to theseat body by a joint having a, universal action, a trim sheet forforming a cover for the base when the seat is folded, said trim sheetbeing'hinged at its lower end to the base, and arranged to cover therear side of the legs when the seat is unfolded, and a second trilnsheet earriedvby the seat body, and lapping the upper trim sheet.

margin of the first In testimony WhGlGOfyiI hm e' hereun to I signed myname, at Syracuse, 1n the county of Onondaga, and State of N ew York, ths I 7th day of March, 1924. 1 r j v I LEWIS MORGAN.

